The worst jobs in history

A picture taken 15 July 2004 in Eysines, southwestern France, at the Ricarimpex leech farm. - MICHEL GANGNE/AFP/Getty Images

A few weeks ago, career guidance website CareerCast.com revealed its list of the worst jobs of 2013, based on pay, outlook, work environment and stress. At the top: newspaper reporter -- thanks to shrinking newsrooms and budget cutbacks. It was closely followed by lumberjacks and enlisted military personnel.

But those professions will simply join a long list of lousy jobs people have endured over history. Lapham's Quarterly put out this handy chart for what they consider the worst jobs in the world: